Evidence found of dog fighting and illegal gambling

Dog fighting and gambling. Police believe it’s been going on in the Brownsville community of Pensacola. Three dogs that were seized from a vacant lot near the corner of Bobe and G Streets are going to have to be destroyed.

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Tue, May 1st, 2007

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